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Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Ministry of MSME Launches CHAMPIONS Portal www.Champions.gov.in
A Technology driven Control Room-Cum-Management Information System
Based on modern ICT tools the network of control rooms is created in a Hub & Spoke Model
Aimed at assisting Indian MSMEs march into big league as National and Global CHAMPIONS
In a major initiative Union Ministry of MSME has launched CHAMPIONS portal www.Champions.gov.in, a Technology driven Control Room-Cum-Management Information System. The system utilising modern ICT tools is aimed at assisting Indian MSMEs march into big league as National and Global CHAMPIONS.
The CHAMPIONS stands here for Creation and Harmonious Application of Modern Processes for Increasing the Output and National Strength. Accordingly, the name of the system is CHAMPIONS.
As the name suggests, the portal is basically for making the smaller units big by solving their grievances, encouraging, supporting, helping and handholding. It is a real one-stop-shop solution of MSME Ministry.
While taking over as Secretary MSME on 30th April evening, Mr. AK Sharma had indicated that an ICT based system would be set up to help the MSMEs in present difficult situation and also to handhold them to become national and international champions. Accordingly, a comprehensive system known as CHAMPIONS was trial launched on 9th May, 2020.
It is a technology packed control room-cum-management information system. In addition to ICT tools including telephone, internet and video conference, the system is enabled by Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Machine Learning. It is also fully integrated on real time basis with GOI’s main grievances portal CPGRAMS and MSME Ministry’s own other web based mechanisms. The entire ICT architecture is created in house with the help of NIC in no cost. Similarly, the physical infrastructure is created in one of ministry’s dumping rooms in a record time.
As part of the system a network of control rooms is created in a Hub & Spoke Model. The Hub is situated in New Delhi in the Secretary MSME’s office. The spokes will be in the States in various offices and institutions of Ministry. As of now, 66 state level control rooms are created as part of the system.
A detailed operating procedure has been issued, officers have been deployed and training has been conducted.
On May 9th, Mr. Sharma did a trial launching of the champions system amidst his officers and staff. On this occasion around 120 locations of the country were connected through video conference.
While trial launching the system, Mr. Sharma said that it is meant for the MSME units and people depending on them. He also said that these units and people need our help badly.We will do everything to help, re-start and rejuvenate them.
Ministry of Finance
ADB, India sign $141.12 million loan for industrial corridor development in Andhra Pradesh
The Asian Development Bank  and the Government of India signed, on 23.05.2023, a $141.12 million loan to support the development of high-quality internal infrastructure such as roads, water supply systems and electricity distribution network in three industrial clusters in the state of Andhra Pradesh. This financing is the second tranche of the $500 million multi-tranche financing facility  for the program approved by ADB in 2016 to build infrastructure in three industrial clusters in the Visakhapatnam and Srikalahasthi-Chittoor nodes in the state.
The ADB financing through adopting multi sectoral approach will help the state in promoting industrialization to increase the share of manufacturing in the state’s gross domestic product, build competitiveness and creating jobs in the project target areas. Specifically, this financing will help strengthen industrial infrastructure in Visakhapatnam node with the development of internal infrastructure in the start-up area of the 160-hectare  Rambilli and 441-ha Nakkapalli industrial clusters, widening of 13.8-kilometer  of the Atchuthapuram–Anakapalli road and improvement of 4.4-km access road to the Nakkapalli cluster. Internal infrastructure in the proposed clusters will include internal roads, storm water drains, water supply systems, and electric power distribution systems. In Srikalahasthi-Chittoor node, the project will help develop the start-up area of the 938-ha Chittoor–South industrial cluster, and improve a 9.5-km access road to the Chittoor-South industrial cluster and an 8.7-km access road to the Naidupeta industrial cluster.
Among the outputs, the project will support the state in rolling out an updated marketing action plan for investment promotion, and enhance skills of people including the socially and economically vulnerable sections. To strengthen industrial cluster resilience under extreme weather, the project will help establish a green corridor model operational guidelines and develop a disaster risk management plan. For long term sustainability, the program will formulate a plan to improve operation and maintenance of start-up industrial clusters, and will roll out a toolkit with gender-responsive and socially inclusive guidance to integrate industrial and urban planning including industry housing in areas adjacent to industrial clusters.
Prime Minister's Office
PM congratulates Mary Kom on her gold at Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated Indian Boxer Mary Kom on her gold at Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships.
Prime Minister said, "Congratulations Mary Kom for clinching the gold at the ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships. India is elated at your accomplishment."
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence leads as top procurer on Government e-Marketplace ; Contributes 16 percent of the overall Gross Merchandise Value
Procurement through GeM reaches over Rs. 18,790 Cr in the current Financial Year 2023-24
The Ministry of Defence has emerged as the leading Ministry amongst a total of 56 Ministries/Departments participating in the Government eMarketplace , holding the top position in both order value and order quantity. Since its inception, the Ministry has contributed significantly to the Gross Merchandise Value  of GeM, which has reached an impressive Rs. 73,225.30 Cr as of 12 September 2023.
In the current financial year, the procurement through GeM has already reached an impressive Rs. 18,790.60 Cr as of 12 September 2023. The order value of the Ministry in fiscal year 2022-23 was Rs, 28,732.90 Cr, while it amounted to Rs 15,091.30 Cr in the fiscal year 2021-22. Under the aegis of the Department of Defence Production, the Defence Public Sector Undertakings  had sold Goods and Services worth Rs. 2,642.66 Cr on GeM in FY 2022-23.
The significant milestone of procuring goods and services worth over Rs. 18,000 Cr, underscores an outstanding average daily order value of Rs 109 Cr in the current financial year. The remarkable achievement in the current fiscal results from the active participation of more than 19,800 buyers across the country, collectively placing over 3 lakh orders.
The Ministry of Defence's contribution to the overall GMV of GeM has consistently remained strong, standing at approximately 15% since its inception and increasing to 16% for the current financial year. Furthermore, since inception, out of the 17,026,945 orders placed on GeM, the MoD has played a significant role, accounting for nearly 28% of a total of 4,761,585 orders.
The GeM was started in August 2016 to revamp the old tender process and bring greater probity and transparency in government procurement through digitisation. In the last seven years since its inception, the MoD has been committed towards the digital drive.
The MoD’s impressive procurement through GeM underlines the platform’s effectiveness and efficiency in facilitating transparent and streamlined procurement operations. The widespread embrace of GeM by various defence entities further underscores its success in simplifying and enhancing the overall procurement landscape.
Prime Minister's Office
English Translation of Remarks by Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at virtual meeting with the President of the USA
President Biden, first of all, I would like to express my gratitude for your warm words. Today, our Defence and Foreign Ministers are going to meet in "2+2" format in some time. Before that, this meeting of ours is important to give direction to their conversation. And you have taken the initiative of this virtual meeting, I also congratulate you for that.
Excellency,
When I visited Washington in September last year, and about which you just mentioned, you said that the India-US partnership can contribute in solving many global problems. I totally agree with you. As the world's two largest and oldest democracies, we are natural partners. And the progress that has been made in our relations over the last few years, the new momentum that has been created, perhaps it was something difficult to imagine, even a decade ago from today.
Excellency,
Our today's talks are taking place at a time when the situation in Ukraine remains very worrisome. Till a few weeks back, more than 20,000 Indians were stranded in Ukraine. And most of them were young students. After putting in lot of efforts, we managed to get them out of there safely, although one student lost his life. Throughout this development, I spoke to the Presidents of both Ukraine and Russia over the phone several times. I not only appealed for peace, but also suggested President Putin to have direct talks with the President of Ukraine. The subject of Ukraine has also been discussed in great detail in our Parliament.
The news of the recent killings of innocent civilians in Bucha city was very worrying. We condemned it immediately and have also demanded a fair probe. We hope that the ongoing dialogue between Russia and Ukraine will pave the way for peace.
Excellency,
We have also laid emphasis on the security of the civilians in Ukraine and the uninterrupted supply of humanitarian aid to them, which you mentioned at the outset. We have sent medicines and other relief materials to Ukraine and its neighbouring countries. And on the demand of Ukraine, soon we are sending another consignment of medicines.
Excellency,
You gave a very important slogan at the very beginning of your term – Democracies can Deliver. The success of the partnership between India and the US is the best way to realize this slogan.
This year, India is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its independence. And we are also celebrating the 75th anniversary of our diplomatic ties. I am confident that friendship with the United States will remain an integral part of India's development journey over the next 25 years.
Once again thank you very much for today's meeting.
DISCLAIMER: This is the approximate translation of Prime Minister’s remarks. Original remarks were delivered in Hindi.
PIB Headquarters
Functioning of Women Post Office in Gujarat
Ahmedabad, 14-08-2019
Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has stressed upon the need to empower women in the country by enhancing their role in economy. He emphasises that the Government should move from women’s development to women-led development.
To implement this vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister, Department of Posts, under the guidance of Shri Ravishankar Prasad, Hon’ble Minister of Communications and IT, Law and Justice is opening up “Mahila Post Office”. These Post Offices will show-case the women power to empower common citizens by better delivery of Postal Services.
To take this vision forward, Gujarat Postal Circle has taken a landmark step and decided to made operational one Women Post Offices  each at Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Rajkot on the occasion of RakshaBandhan. From 16th August 2019, Gujarat University Post Office at Ahmedabad, Waghodia Road Post Office at Vadodara and Rajkot Seva Sadan Post Office at Rajkot city will function as Women Post Offices operated by all women employees. In these Post Offices women customers will get out of turn services and they will not have to stand in a queue.
There is different comfort level when women interact among themselves. Keeping all this in mind, the Chief Postmaster General, Gujarat Postal Circle had planned to put in operation all Women Post Offices to be known as “Mahila Post Office” at major cities of Gujarat. Accordingly, it has been decided to convert existing Post Offices into Mahila Post Offices in the places where there are large number of women customers. In days to come, more such Post Offices will be made operational in Gujarat.
Gujarat Postal Circle is feeling proud while putting in operation these Women Post Offices for better and efficient services to the society with a special focus on women customers.
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Ministry of Law and Justice
Nationalisation of Law Universities
‘Merit cum Means’ scholarship, ﬁnancial aid to law students, provided by the Central Government as well as the State Governments.
 have been established through respective State enactments and the Central Government has no role in the matter.
Besides ‘Merit cum Means’ scholarship, ﬁnancial aid to law students, to support their education are provided by the Central Government as well as the State Governments. Also, scholarship to students belonging to diﬀerent categories including SC/ST and physically disabled students are
sanctioned through various Central/State Government schemes. Education loans on very easy terms to students are also provided through various State Government schemes. There is no proposal under consideration of the Central Government to introduce any new scholarships for the courses in law studies.
The curriculum of the Law Universities are drawn up by them. The nature and the format of the syllabus besides theoretical classes on various laws and jurisprudence also include interdisciplinary research, clinical courses, internships etc. The structure of the academic year at diﬀerent Universities are designed in such way that allows students to undertake research and internships for the purpose of gaining professional practical experience, thereby inculcating a holistic understanding of the law in students. Further, the internship component seeks to ensure that students obtain an insight into, and are aﬀorded maximum exposure to the workplace by facilitating students to take internships with judges, senior advocates, law ﬁrms, international organisations, NGOs, PSUs, corporate houses, commissions, ministries, state departments etc. The Central Government also organizes internship programme for law students with the purpose to acquaint them and enhance their capacity in the working of the Government, in the ﬁeld of research and referencing work, legal advice in various specialized ﬁelds of law such as constitutional and administrative law, ﬁnance sector laws, economic laws, labour laws, conveyancing, arbitration and contract law etc.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Law & Justice, Shri Kiren Rijiju, in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 107.92 Cr
Recovery Rate at 98.23% is highest since March 2020
10,929New Cases reported in the last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload is lowest in 255 days
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 2% for last 43 days
With the administration of 20,75,942vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 107.92 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 1,09,36,027sessions.
The break-up of the cumulative figureas per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,03,79,530
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2nd Dose
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92,56,225
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,83,72,402
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2nd Dose
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1,60,12,003
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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42,33,49,812
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2nd Dose
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14,89,38,412
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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17,60,88,375
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2nd Dose
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9,85,40,180
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Over 60 years
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|
1st Dose
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|
11,04,55,016
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2nd Dose
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6,78,27,591
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Total
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1,07,92,19,546
The recovery of12,509 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients  to 3,37,37,468.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.23%.
Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000 Daily New Cases that is being reported for 132 consecutive days now.
10,929 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The Active Caseload is presently at1,46,950which is lowest in 255 days.Active cases presently constitute 0.43% of the country's total Positive Cases, which is lowest since March 2020.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 8,10,783tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over61.39 Cr  cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.27% remains less than 2% for the last 43 days now. The Daily Positivity rate reported to be1.35%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below2% for last 33 days and below 3% for 68 consecutive days now.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
28.9 Crore domestic LPG Consumers in the Country
As on 01.01.2021, total domestic Liquefied Petroleum Gas  consumer is 28.90 crore in the country. Apart from LPG, 70.75 lakh domestic consumers are also using Piped Natural Gas . At present, national LPG coverage is 99.5%. State-wise LPG coverage as on 01.01.2021 is as under :
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STATE/UT
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LPG Coverage
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CHANDIGARH
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102.1%
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DELHI
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124.4%
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HARYANA
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126.5%
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HIMACHAL PRADESH
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122.1%
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UT of J & K
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132.3%
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UT of LADAKH
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173.0%
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PUNJAB
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142.9%
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RAJASTHAN
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109.3%
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UTTAR PRADESH
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106.4%
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UTTRANCHAL
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116.5%
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ANDAMAN & NICOBAR
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116.2%
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ARUNACHAL PRADESH
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85.2%
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ASSAM
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98.4%
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BIHAR
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78.1%
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JHARKHAND
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76.1%
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MANIPUR
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97.6%
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MEGHALAYA
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48.0%
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MIZORAM
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115.5%
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NAGALAND
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69.8%
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ODISHA
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80.3%
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SIKKIM
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108.3%
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TRIPURA
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78.0%
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WEST BENGAL
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99.5%
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CHATTISGARH
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77.1%
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DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI
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83.1%
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DAMAN & DIU
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74.1%
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GOA
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147.7%
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GUJARAT
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74.7%
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MADHYA PRADESH
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85.2%
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MAHARASHTRA
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|
103.4%
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ANDHRA PRADESH
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|
101.6%
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KARNATAKA
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109.0%
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KERALA
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111.7%
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LAKSHADWEEP
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87.7%
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PUDUCHERRY
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98.6%
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TAMILNADU
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101.0%
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TELANGANA
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|
120.9%
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ALL INDIA
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|
99.5%
This information was given by the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Special Service and Features
“Dak Adalat” will be conducted on September 28
“Dak Adalat” will be conducted by the Senior Superintendent of Post offices, Chennai City North Division at the office premises at No. 5 , IV Floor, Ethiraj Salai, Egmore, Chennai - 600 008 at 11:00 hours on 28.09.2022 .
The members of the public who are unable to attend the meeting can send their grievances/complaints relating to postal services with respect of post offices under the administrative jurisdiction of Chennai City North Division by post or through email dochennainorth.tn@indiapost.gov.in on or before 20.09.2022 17.00 hours, according to a press release issued by K.Lekshmanan Pillai, Senior Superintendent of Pos Chennai City North Division,
Chennai 600 008.
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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Impact of Inflation on Poor People
As per Economic Survey 2019-20, at the All-India level, for a vegetarian thali, an industrial worker has to spend around 50 per cent of his/her daily wage in 2019-20  to afford two thalis for a household of five individuals. For a non- vegetarian thali, the share of wages he/she has to spend to afford two thalis for a household of five individuals is around 79 per cent in 2019-20 .
The workers in the organised sectors are entitled for the social security benefits as per Employees State Insurance Act, 1948 or Employee’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provident Act, 1952 as applicable to them.
The Central Government also provides social security benefits to the workers in the unorganized Sector including rural and agricultural labourers, the Government has enacted the Unorganized Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008. This Act stipulates formulation of suitable welfare schemes for unorganized workers on matters relating to:  life and disability cover,  health and maternity benefits,  old age protection and  any other benefit as may be determined by the Central Government. Life and disability cover is provided through Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana  and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana  to the unorganized workers depending upon their eligibility. Government of India and State Governments pay the annual premium in equal share. The health and maternity benefits are addressed through Ayushman Bharat Scheme. For old age protection in the form of monthly pension, Government of India has launched Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan . Under the Scheme, minimum assured monthly pension of Rs. 3000/- will be provided to the unorganized workers after attaining the age of 60 years. Prescribed monthly contribution is payable by the beneficiary and equal matching contribution is paid by the Central Government.
This information was given in a written reply by the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ramvilas Paswan, in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Science & Technology
17 scientists from across India awarded Swarnajayanti Fellowships
Seventeen scientists from scientific institutions across India have been awarded the Swarnajayanti Fellowships for their innovative research ideas and the potential of creating impact on R&D in different disciplines.
Scientists selected for the award will be allowed to pursue unfettered research with a freedom and flexibility in terms of expenditure as approved in the research plan. The scientists with proven track record and selected through a rigorous three layered screening process will pursue basic research in frontier areas of science and technology.
The Swanajayanti Fellowship scheme was instituted by Govt. of India to commemorate India’s fiftieth year of Independence. Under the scheme the awardees are facilitated by the Department of Science & Technology, GOI with support for all the requirements for performing the research including a fellowship of Rs. 25,000/- per month for five years. In addition, DST supports the awardees by giving them a research grant of 5 lakh Rupees for 5 years. The fellowship is provided in addition to the salary they draw from their parent Institution. In addition to fellowship, grants for equipment, computational facilities, consumables, contingencies, national and international travel and other special requirements, are covered based on merit.
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